The document provides examples of reported speech, where famous quotes by notable figures such as Marilyn Monroe, Jim Morrison, Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Michael Jordan, Bob Marley, Buddha, and Woody Allen are rewritten from direct to reported speech. The quotes cover a range of topics from making mistakes to fighting for rights to concentrating on the present moment.

1. Reported Speech:
FAMOUS QUOTES
• Read the following quotes by
famous people.
• Report them

2. “I don't mind making jokes, but I don't
want to look like one “ Marylin Monroe

3. Marylin said she didn’t mind making jokes but
she didn’t want to look like one

4. “Some of the worst mistakes of my life
have been haircuts “ Jim Morrison

5. Jim said that some of the worst
mistakes of his life had been haircuts .

6. “A person who never made a mistake never
tried anything new” Albert Einstein.

7. Einstein said that a person who had never made a
mistake had never tried anything new.

8. “There are people in the world so hungry, that God
cannot appear to them except in the form of bread."
- Mahatma Gandhi

9. Gandhi said that there were people in the world so
hungry, that God could not appear to them except in
the form of bread."

10. “I’ve failed over and over again in my life and that is why I suceed.”
Michael Jordan

11. M.Jordan said he had failed over and over again in his life and that was why
he succeeded.

12. “Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights, Don't give up the fight” . Bob Marley

13. Bob Marley told us to get up , to stand up, to stand up for our rights and not to give
up the fight.

14. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind
on the present moment “. Buddha

15. Buddha asked us not to dwell in the past, not to dream of the future, to
concentrate the mind on the present moment .

16. “There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent
an evening with an insurance salesman?
Woody Allen.

17. Woody Allen said there were worse things in life than death and wanted to know
If we had ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman
Woody Allen.